This is seriously the best thing I've watched in a long time. Sometimes gruesome. Always amazing. It kind of reminded me of "The Princess Bride" meets "The Royals". I binged it and want a LOT more.

Somehow it's sad that the story of this show has only occasionally any resemblence to historical events. For example Czar Peter wasn't a dimwit at all, they were married for 20 years (they hated each other though) and he was only king for six months until he was toppled and died "under mysterious circumstances".
The real life of Catherine the Great was fascinating enough to make a compelling TV show. Why would you chose to turn it into an overly ridiculous fantasy story?

An utterly delightful and absurd romp through "an occasionally true" story of Catherine The Great's rise to power. A powerhouse cast, great visual design and acerbic comedic writing all pull together for an entertaining ride that's short enough to not be tiresome.

It is insane this show is not more popular. This was a FUCKING TREAT to watch. Holy shit, what a great job everyone did on this.

[spoiler] Catherine and Peter had more chemistry in that one scene in which he tongued her than Catherine and Leo had in all their scenes together combined [/spoiler]

Hysterically funny and brilliantly acted, freshest TV I've seen all lockdown!

Huzzah! That is all. Now, fuck off.

Really good series. I wish it had a bit more historical relevance with the dark humor and drama. Either way, it was a joy to watch. Hope there is a Season 2!

This _occasionally true story_ takes its subtitle to mind-boggling levels. Very little is actually historically accurate here, but why though? Wouldn't a historically accurate version have been way more entertaining, needless to say **educating**?! Especially considering that Catherine is all about education, I don't really see the point in making this show so ridiculously historically inaccurate. Pretty much nothing is accurate here, least of all, of course, the casting - it would have been more fun to actually see Russians speaking Russian here, rather than British people not even pretending to be Russian.

The show is entertaining, though it drags on a bit towards the end. They either should have moved the events of the final episode in S1 to a much earlier episode, or just have reduced the number of episodes to a maximum of 6-8.

A very unique, peculiar show. I enjoyed its sassiness; the cast is great, however, by the second season, it became a bit... well, boring might be a strong word here, but I found myself not wanting to binge the episodes as I usually do with other series. Overall, I like the concept, but I think two seasons might be enough here, the ending doesn't call for more either.

The Great is not just great. The Great is marvellous.

Trash crude attempt at humour. No history just stupidity

I finally finished it yay! I went into this with absolutely no background knowledge of who Catherine the Great was so was a bit disappointed to find out it was only occasionally factually correct. It could've been shortened down a little as well.

With that being said, it was engaging and interesting almost all the way through, the writing was good and I would recommend.

I can't believe some people criticizing for not being historically accurate when the show itself makes it clear that it is not !
A fresh concept, dark and stoic humor going hand in hand with cynical cruelty.
The end of season was a little disappointing for me but I definitely wish there is a Season 2.

A very enjoyable short series. Enjoy great period clothing with humor and no gloom & doom. A fresh take on period shows.
Not for you if you are a stickler for historical accuracy, this definitely isn't that.

The idea of black noblemen in Russia historically was unbelievable. Other than that I'm not sure the language would have been so Anglo Saxon and crude.